Running PHP on Windows Azure

Yesterday I did some talks on PHP and Windows Azure at JumpIn Camp in Zürich together with Josh Holmes. Here are the slide decks and samples we used.

Scaling Big while Sleeping Well

Josh talked on what Windows Azure is, what components are available and how you can get started with PHP and Windows Azure.

Running PHP in the Cloud

I did not do the entire deck, but showed some slides and concepts. This is mainly the same content as Josh’s session with some additions.

Windows Azure Storage & SQL Azure

This deck talks about the different storage concepts and how to use them in PHP.

Sample code

As a demo, I had ImageCloud, a web application similar to Flickr. Here’s the sample code: ImageCloud.rar (5.00 mb)